Transplanting-basket.



PATBNTED FEB. 18, 1908.

0. L. EDWARDS.

TRANSPLANTING BASKET.

APPLICATION FILED NOV. 7. 1907.

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TRANSPLANTING-BASKET.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Feb. 18, 108.

Application Filed November 7- 1907. Serial'No. 401154.

and I. do declare the following to he a full,

clear, and exact description of the invention, such will enable othersskilled in the art to which it appertzuns to make and use the same.

This invention relates to improvements in transplanting baskets, forplants, shrubs, trees, and the like.

The object of the invention is to provide a device of this character, bymeans of which plants maybe started into growth and afterwards rcsc-t ortransplanted without materially disturbing their roots.

A further object to provide a transplanting device which will be simple,strong, durable and inexpensive in construction, ellicient and reliablein operation, and well adapted. to the purpose for which it is designed.

W'ith the foregoing and other objects in view, the invention consists ofcertain novel features of construction, combii'iation and arranqeiuontof parts, as will bo more fully 0 described and particularly pointed outin the appended claims.

in the areom mnying drawings: Figure 1 is a side view oi. thtransplanting basket, constructed in accordance withthc invention, andshowing the parts in operative position, and inclosiug the roots of aplant, and the ball of earth around the roots. Fig. 2 is asirnilar viewof the basket showing the parts separated to permit the removal of theplant. 0 Fig. 3 is atop plan view of the basket; and

Fig. l is an. end view of the same.

Referring more particularly to the drawings, 1, denotes the basket,which maybe of any desired size and preferably constructed ofnon-corrosive metal wire. The basket is formed in separable sections, 2and 3, identical in ,fOLlfl'l, each comprising a curved or segmental toporuppcr bait-,4, inner end bars, 5, and. a pair o" intm'mmiiato bars, 6,the upper ends of which anbcni in tho iorm of eyes retired to the topbar, 4. The lower portions ol' the bars, (5, aro twisted together, asshown'at 7, after which said bars are ex- ,d in. ubstantially horizontalplane to form the bottom bars, S, of the basket, all of these partsbeingintegral. The bottom pieces, 8, have formed therein between thetwisted portions, 7, of the end bars, and the side bars, 5, upwardlyprojecting eyes or loops, 9. The bottom bars, 8, curve outwardly in ahorizontal plane to form a central opening in the bottom of the basket,when the sections are brought i together, through which the downwardgrowing roots of the plant may pass.

The eyes or loops, 9, are engaged with the lower ends of intermediatepairs of side bars,

10, which project upwardly between the bars, 6, and the outer bars, 5,and are secured at their upperend by eyes or loops to the curved topbar, 4-.

On one side of the section, 2, at the upper corner of the same, formedby the inner side bar, 5, and the top bar, 4, is a. fastening coil, 12,with which is engaged the upper inner corner of the opposite section, 3,of the basket. In the section, 3, at the corner formed by the oppositeside bar and top bar thereof is formed a fastening coil, 13, with whichis engaged the corner formed by the side and top bars of the adjacentside section, 2, said fastening coils 12 and 13 thereby detach-ablyconnecting said sections of the basket together and lirmlyholding thesame against casual disengagement, but permitting the sections to bereadily separated when it is desired to remove. the same lroni the rootsof the plant.

By means of a basket constructed ashorein shown and described, plantsmay be started into growth and afterwards readily moved, and reset withlittle or no disturbance of the roots thereof, as the basket willsecurely hold the ball of earth in place around the roots, while theplant is being moved.

The const'mction of the basket is such that the main and lateral rootsof the plant may pass readily through the same so that if de sired thebasket need not be removed from the plant when being, trimsplantcil, butmay be reset in the ground with the plant. The construction of thebasket is also such, that the same may be readily used for hangingbaskets, and may be placed inside flower pots to permit the readyremoval of the plant therefrom. The baskets are intended to be made invarious sizes, and to be used not only in connection with small plants,but also will be made in such sizes, and of such strength to enable thesame to be used for transplanting large shrubs or trees, and in theconstruction of these larger sizes of haskets, it may be found expedientto provide more bars around the sides thereof, and also one ormore crosswires running at right an les or diagonally to the side bars. it wilalso be understood that the side and end bars maybe curved to a greateror less degree at their lower ends to form baskets of slightlydifi'erent shapes.

Having thus describedmy invention, What I claim as new and desire tosecure by Letters-Patent, is:

1. A transplanting basket comprising a pair of separable open wireworksections, andmeans "formed integral with said sections to detachablyconnect the same together, substantially as described.

2. A transplanting basket, comprising a pair of separable sections,identical in con struction and formed of a series of wire rods or bars,and fastening coils formed at one of the upper inner corners of each ofsaid sections, whereby said sections may be detachably connectedtogether, substantially as described.

3. A transplanting basket, formed in separable sections, identical inconstruction, each of which comprises a curved or segmental topba'rformed of wire, integrally formed outer side and end bars, intermediateside bars arranged between. said end outer bars, and a fastening coilformed in one corner of each of said sections, whereby said sections maybe detachably' connected together to form the basket, substantially asdescribed.

4. A transplanting basket comprising a pair of separable sectionsconstructed to orm an opening in the bottom when said sections arebrought together in an o erative position, thereby forming a root outet, and integrally formed fastening devices to detachably connect saidsections together, substantially as described.

arable sections identical in construction,

each comprising a curved top bar. integrally formed outer side and endbars, intermediate side bars arranged between said outer side andendqbars, integrally formed, outwardly curved bottom bars adapted toform an opening in 'the bottom of the basket when said sections are inoperative position, thereby forming a root outlet and means todetachably connect said sections together, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in presence of twosubscribing Witnesses.

CHARLES L. EDWARDS.

Witnesses GEO. W CRUTOHER, HENRY BEVE LY STRANGE.

